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not amount to much. Further down the damages were, a cave on the track 

 at the Raymond cut, a similar one at the east end of the upper Arro^^o 

 bridge, a washout under the track opposite Sycamore Grove, a big washout 

 at the lower Arroyo bridge, and extensive damage at lyos Angeles. The 

 bridge over the river at that place stood, but the approaches to it at both ends 

 were washed away, the largest break being at the north end. From here the 

 turn-table was carried and swept down the river against the Downey Aven- 

 ue bridge, which it weakened so that a part of that structure also gave way 

 and was carried down the stream. In L,os Angeles the track in the yard 

 was washed out and the passenger station undermined and carried down 

 stream, it going against the S. P. bridge, where it had to be broken up to 

 save the latter structure. The loss to the railroad we do not know, but 

 judge that $5,000 would not be far out of the way. 



"Next to the railroad loss, perhaps the greatest injury about Pasadena 

 is to the water companies, whose works in the Arroyo were all at the mercy 

 of the torrent. The flumes of the Pasadena L,. V. L. & W. Company, 

 which were carried away in November, were taken again this time, and 

 will cause the same expense over again that it did before to replace them. 

 The Orange Grove Company also lost some of their iron piping about 

 Devil's Gate. The reservoir near the college broke away, and perhaps 

 others that we have not heard of. Railroad communication with L^os An- 

 geles is thus far suspended, only a construction train running to carry the 

 workmen repairing the breaks. They take passengers for the first time to- 

 day, leaving them at the river. Regular trains will not be resumed until 

 the Los Angeles river bridge is made passable, which it is hoped to do to- 

 morrow. No mail came Tuesday, but the stage has since supplied the de- 

 ficiency. ' ' 



January 29, the paper said : 



" The mail came up by cars Friday evening, for the first time since 

 Monday (Wednesday and Thursday it came by stage), and was a big one- 

 thirteen bags, the largest ever received here." 



December 14, 1887, a wind storm occurred which blew down Mr. Gould's 

 residence at North Pasadena, then unfinished, although occupied by the 

 family, and some its members were slightly injured. Other damage was 

 done hereabouts, but nothing serious. 



P. G. Wooster reports from his memorandum of February 29, 1888 : "It 

 hailed just at night. The heavy rain last night did much damage to streets. ' ' 



This year was marked by a grievous visitation of worms ; and the 

 Pasadena Standard of May 1 1 , reported about it thus : 



"They destroyed the tomato, squash and pea vines in our own garden, 

 besides roses, geraniums, verbenas, fuchias and other things in our front 

 yard. It is the California cutworm or W-marked cutworm — Agrotis clan- 

 destina — described in Matthew Cooke's work as " a naked, greasy looking, 

 i6-legged caterpillar or worm. Order Lepidoptera; family Nodiddae. Do 

 their devouring mostly by night." 



